The WOSU@COSI exhibit space at COSI is smack in the middle of a fully operating broadcast center. WOSU has a dozen employees working out of the facility.

We’d like to give a huge shout out to the COSI Science Center as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. Â

Broad & High will have a feature on COSI’s legacy on its Wednesday, March 26 broadcast and the video will be posted online. Â We are excited to continue our unique partnership with COSI and invite everyone to visit the WOSU@COSI exhibit space. Â You will be within a working broadcast center that is a valuable asset to Columbus. Â

OK, 50 years is worth celebrating, but remember WOSU is just eight years away from its century mark!

Curious George enjoys a special appearance at WOSU’s studios at the COSI Science Center. Photo: WOSU

Curious George is appearing at WOSU@COSI this Saturday!

He just can’t stay away from Columbus and returns this Saturday, October 19 from 11am-2pm at WOSU’s studios at COSI.Â Join us for story time, photos, activities and a chance to meet this clever little monkey.Â Anyone can come without any fee. The schedule below will help you and your family make sure you get a chance to say hello to your favorite PBS KidsÂ® character from WOSU TV.

You can listen to TED Talks from across the globe and more on 89.7 NPR News through the TED RADIO HOUR at 3 pm every Sunday afternoon. Photo: NPR

WOSU is again the proud media sponsor of the growing phenomenon called the TEDxColumbus event this Friday at COSI.Â The event is sold out, but you can still take part in viewing the day’s talks and performances:

TheMcConnell Arts Center in Worthington on 161 next to Worthington High School will open their theater from 9am – 4pm and stream the talks live, should you desire to watch them with others.Â No registration is required, admission is free.

The concept has been planned over the past 18 months as the partners have focused on building this innovative model for after school programming for teens including access to the latest digital technology, mentoring teens to create new products and, in the case of WOSU, assisting teens with digital storytelling and experimenting with images and sound to create media within the Ross mediaLab at WOSU@COSI.

The other partners in this project aside from WOSU Public Media include the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus Museum of Art, COSI, and the Wexner Center for the Arts. We’re thrilled to work with these great institutions.Â Look for more and plan to involve YOUR teenager in the project. The Surge Columbus Blog is a great way to get info and keep up with the project.

]]>http://wosu.org/2012/offair/surge-columbus-off-and-running-with-battelle-funding/feed/0When visiting COSI, Turn right!http://wosu.org/2012/offair/when-visiting-cosi-turn-right/
http://wosu.org/2012/offair/when-visiting-cosi-turn-right/#commentsMon, 05 Mar 2012 16:24:38 +0000Tom Rielandhttp://wosu.org/2012/tomrieland/?p=2971So, you are at COSI for an event or have kids running about and looking for an adult distraction.Â I suggest you “turn right” as you come into the COSI lobby.Â Even before you reach the famous COSI pendulum, if you take a right, you will see a working Firestone automobile that was manufactured here in Columbus in 1910. That is the entrance to the Columbus Historical Society exhibit, where you can spend many minutes perusing the exhibit, testing your local historical knowledge and watching one of WOSU’s Columbus Neighborhoods documentaries!Â Now if you make it to the pendulum and take a right, you will see down the hall our WOSU@COSI studios.Â Come on down for a visit to our popular interactive exhibit, developed collaboratively with COSI.Â By taking these two rights, you can’t go wrong.
]]>http://wosu.org/2012/offair/when-visiting-cosi-turn-right/feed/0Celebrate (for free) with WOSU as Columbus turns 200!http://wosu.org/2012/offair/celebrate-for-free-with-wosu-as-columbus-turns-200/
http://wosu.org/2012/offair/celebrate-for-free-with-wosu-as-columbus-turns-200/#commentsThu, 09 Feb 2012 17:44:07 +0000Tom Rielandhttp://wosu.org/2012/tomrieland/?p=2897Columbus officially turns 200 on Feb. 14 !Â There are over a dozen FREE events taking place, in addition to 200Columbus Days, which offers discounts at Columbus attractions and entertainment, Feb. 11-15. For more information, go to www.200columbus.com

WOSU is offering up a number of free opportunities to enjoy on February 14th – the official birthday:

- Join All Sides with Ann Fisher for a special live radio broadcast on location at WOSU@COSI.Â Be a part of the studio audience next Tuesday from 10am to Noon (doors open at 9:30 at COSI).Â In the first hour we will discuss current challenges facing Columbusâ€™s historic urban neighborhood Franklinton, with the second hour celebrating Columbusâ€™s Bicentennial with Mayor Michael Coleman and a panel.Â Watch All Sides at WOSU@COSI on Tuesday, February 14th from 10am to Noon.

- Join WOSU at the Ohio Theatre at Noon on the 14th for a special community premiere of Columbus Neighborhoods documentary focused on Franklinton and Downtown Columbus.Â Stop in early at 11:30 a.m. to enjoy the Mighty Morgan Organ and a lightshow before the premiere.

- Join us from 7-9:30 pm for a first look at the Columbus Historical Society’s new home at COSI, and the opening of our newest interactive exhibit showcasing Columbus’ unique past.Â At 8pm, guests are invited to view the television premiere of WOSU’s neighborhoods documentary on COSI’s Extreme screen. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required at info@columbushistory.org

-You can also watch our new documentary free from home at 8 pm on WOSU TV in full high definition.

-Our Columbus Neighborhoods marathon is February 19th — spend that Sunday from 3 pm to 8 pm enjoying all five of our documentaries focused on the history and culture of our historic neighborhoods.

]]>http://wosu.org/2012/offair/celebrate-for-free-with-wosu-as-columbus-turns-200/feed/0COSI, OSU and WOSU present a special NASA Programhttp://wosu.org/2012/offair/cosi-osu-and-wosu-present-a-special-nasa-program/
http://wosu.org/2012/offair/cosi-osu-and-wosu-present-a-special-nasa-program/#commentsMon, 15 Nov 2010 20:00:01 +0000Tom Rielandhttp://www.wosu.org/blogs/tomrieland/?p=1415WOSU is a partner and involved in the production of a special event being held at COSI this Sunday, November 21, from 2pm to 3:30pm called The Future of Human Space Exploration: A Panel Discussion with Luminary NASA Astronauts. There is no charge to attend this event but reservations are required. Join historic NASA astronauts whose collective careers have spanned the Mercury, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs for a lively and informative panel discussion that celebrates the achievements of NASA’s manned space program and explores the future of space exploration. Featured panelists will be Senator John Glenn (Ret.) – Mercury-6/STS-95, John M. Grunsfeld, Ph.D. – STS 67/81/103/109/125 and the Honorable Harrison H. Schmitt – Apollo 17.

Visit http://nasapanel.eventbrite.com/ to reserve a place to sit on-line or call COSI at 614-228-2674.

This panel discussion is the fourth in the annual Baird Lecture series presented by The Ohio State University Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP).
WOSU TV will be rebroadcasting the panel session in the near future.

]]>http://wosu.org/2012/offair/cosi-osu-and-wosu-present-a-special-nasa-program/feed/0Another COSI Winner — LABS IN LIFEhttp://wosu.org/2012/offair/another-cosi-winner-labs-in-life/
http://wosu.org/2012/offair/another-cosi-winner-labs-in-life/#commentsSat, 16 May 2009 03:28:00 +0000Tom Rielandhttp://www.wosu.org/blogs/tomrieland/?p=387David Chesebrough, Kim Kiehl and other COSI leaders are quickly transforming COSI Columbus into a multifacted community asset that goes well beyond a typical children’s science center. The latest news — David and staff have created a new innovative partnership with Ohio State. Of course, WOSU@COSI is the model for such partnerships, but this one focuses on exposing youngsters to real world University research inside the COSI science center.

Through an innovative partnership, visitors to COSI will be able to watch research in progress as OSU scientists study body composition, physical activity, and nutrition in the Labs in Life @ COSI. The labs will contain a treadmill and cycle ergometer, instruments that measure bone density, body fat and muscle, and a breathing apparatus to measure functional capacity at rest and in exercise.

Outside the labs, COSI visitors will be able to conduct their own assessment of performance and body composition with equipment for measuring body mass index, height and weight, flexibility, and aerobic capacity. Visitors can complete a scorecard and can compare themselves to their peers as well as to some well known personalities.